The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-03-03
Generalities.

Generalitjes.
The pay of the Boston police is to be ncreas
| ed.
There is no likelihood of an extra session o
| Congress.
Kansas women may now vote at municipa
elections.
The will of the late Mrs. A. L. Stewart is t.
be contested.
Admiral Porter favors heavily armored moni
tors for coast defence.
The President has appointed Captain A. W
Greeley chief signal officer.
The New York Senate has passed a bill yivin.
| municipal suffrage to woman.
| Prominent citizens of Arkansas are charge,
| with lynching an innocent boy.
Speaker Carisle's name is mentioned in con
| ncction with the Treasury portfolio.
The Hale bill to increase the efficiency of the
| navy has been passed by the Senate.
The Gloucester schooner Charger is given up
! for lost. She carried Il crew of four men.
The Senate has passed the bill authorizing
the construction Of ten cruisers for the navy
The Ohio Legislature forbd> the establish
ment Of separate schools for colored children
OF the 81 persons who We're killed at the Yer.
mont disaster, only > bodies remain to be i,en-
titled.
The Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows of Texas confesses to Il shortage of
$4,000.
Thousands of cattle in the far West are dy-
ing from exposure and starvation. due to the
severe winter.
Robert Bonner has been offered 100000 for
Maud s.. but he will not sell the famous animal
for any price.
who have had long experience are now out of
work, il is said.
1t is expected that the entire three per cent.
Indebtedness of the Government will be wiped
out before july |.
New York builders are organizing for mutual
protection against unjust demands and restric-
tions by labor unions.
The Roumanian Government is preparing
for defence. The German armuricS are being
run to their full capacity.
The President has nominated SamuelN. Aid
rich, OF Massachusetts, As assistant treasurer
of the L nited States at Boston.
Germany is closely watched every movement
of France which is calculated to give her any
advantage in the event of war.
An Atlanta man who appealed against a fine
of 500 for violation of the Prohibtory law was
fined 81 900 in the higher court.
Twenty-Five more Mormon elders are in the
South engaged in making converts for the
Church of the Latter Day Saints.
The Rhode Island ProhibitionSt> have nom-
mated il full State ticket headed by Thomas H..
Peabody of Westerly for Governor.
The National House of Representatives has
so tnkercd with the Diplomatic and Consular
bill rs to almost cripple the service.
The colored knights of Labor are repudiat-
ed by their white brethren in Richmond, Va,
and Il iv"r tim" is looked for in consequences
1t is stated that the Treasury surplus, which
statesmen are so anxious to dispose of in some
way after all amounts to only about Sl3 900, O00
The principle of the veto Of the bill appro-
priating 100000 for seed for Texas would
cause Il veto of the Blair Educational bill if
passed.
Mr.. William T. Brigham. IA Boston lawyer.
has been arrested on a charge preferred 10y }.
Rogers Rich for the alleged embczZIemcnt of
$1,000.
1t is stated that if the negotiations over the
Bulgarian question fail. Russia will occupy
that state, with the consent of Germany and
Austria.
Some very interesting information about the
manner in which elections are conducted in
Texas is being brought out by the Senatorial
Investigation.
Gen. Sherman gives it As his opinion that We
should first turn our attention to manufacture
ing heavy ordnance before strengthening the
SeacOaSt defenceS.
Rev. Byron Sunderland the Presidents pas
tor, is beSieged by countless otticeSeekerS,
though he declares that he has no influence at
the White House.
The Northwestern Car Company. in which
Senator Sabin of Minnesota and Boston cap-
taliSts are interested, was reOrganiZed in New
York city recently.
The survivors of Pickctt's Confederate di
vision. arranging for Il patriotic reunion, will
meet the veterans of 1Iancock's corps at Get
ty>burg on July 3D. next.
The New York Tribune is informed by a
Democratic leader that President Cleveland has
again avowed his purpose of leaving his office
without an attempt at reelection.
Boston Corbett the slayer of Wilkes Booth,
became insane in Topeka last week and COM
PEELED the Kansas House of Representative to
adjourn at the muZZlc of his revolver.
Secretary Mannng's letter of resignation and
President Cleveland's reply are made public.
The President accepts and fixes April first as
the day on which the resignation shall take ef-
feet.
The production of gold in the United States
for the year 1856 amounted to S35 900. 900,
which exceeds that of any previous year since
1850, and Utmost equaled the production of that
year.
Stockholders of the Equitable and Mutual
Life Insurance companies and other well
known business men have formed the Liberty
Insurance Company (fire) with Il cash capital
of 81 ,OO0,OOO.
There seems to be something wrong with the
bill of fare in New England-brown bread
knocking out a household at lIolyoke, Mass,
and corned beef and cabbage poisoning family
at Hartford, Conn.
One man claims to have been saved from the
Vermont wreck by drink. He lost his train
10y waiting for his dram. As the potion, how
ever, was Connecticut whiskey, it is question:
ed if he gained much.
\ call signed by 81 trotting associations has
been issued for a convention to meet at Detroit
March 2d to form Central TrOtting Associa-
ton to succeed the National Association. 1t is
said that 100 associations favor the move.
The Kansas legislature has passed by large
vote the bill giving municipal suffrage to women.
The Senate acted first. and passed the measure
by % to 13, almost two to one. The House
passed it by 80 20 %, more than four to one.
The general election in Canada reduced but
not eXtingushed the Tory majority. Nova
Scotia has pronounced against secession. re-
turned Minister of Fisheries Foster, and in
dorsed the policy of hostility to Americans.
The result of the German elections appears
to be a substantial majority for the Government
in the Reichstag. This is generally accepted
among diplomats at Washington to signify the
preservation of peace. as it enables Bismarck to
strengthen the army and postpone war.
The conclusion of the Vermont railroad COM
m!ssioners, after their investigation into the
cause of the recent disaster ut Hartford, is that
the breaking of defective rail caused jour-
nal of the sleeper ''Pgrim' to break and thus
deraied that car.
Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Grand Master Workman James Weymouth
of Old Town, presided at the annual meeting
of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of